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No. 334,687. PatentedJan. 19, 1886.

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CHARLES A. BAYLER AND BENJAMIN F. STRIOKLER, OF YORK, PA.

CIGAR-BUNCH TURNER AND PERFORATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,687, dated January 19, 1886.

Application filed December 4, 1885. Serial No. 184,688. (No model.)

1' 0 all whom it may concern.-

7 Be it known that we, CHARLES A. BAYLER and BENJAMIN F. STRIOKLER, of York, in the county of York and State ofv Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Cigar-Bunch Turner and Perforator, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the a'ccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigarbunch turner and perforator with our improvements attached. Fig. 2 is a plan view of same with top of mold removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line w 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail of one of the needles a.

Our present invention relates to machines for turning and perforating cigars; and it consists in the combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.-

In devices of this class heretofore made it has been necessary, after pressing and perforating the cigars, to remove the bunches one by one from the needles and turn them by hand as much as was necessary, and then replace them in the mold for. additional pressing to remove the creases or webs formed on the sides of the cigar by the first pressing.

Experience has demonstrated the fact that to successfully and conveniently perforate a cigar from end to end through its longitudinal center two needles must be used, one entering at each end of the cigar. A single needle is found to be objectionable, owing to its tendency, from its great length, to be turned from a central line through the side of the cigar, and to be forced through the wrapper into the material composing the mold. It was found to be further objectionable in that the needles passing through the cigars soon destroyed the stop against which they were driven. To overcome these several difficulties, we have adopted two series of needles or perforators moving toward each other and simultaneously entering the cigars at their opposite ends.

In the drawings, A represents a table or stand on which is placed our improved perforator. This table is provided on its under side with a short horizontal rock-shaft, B, turning in suitable bearings, and carrying on its outer end the hand-lever O, standing above the table and within easy reach of the operator. On the inner end of the shaft is rigidly secured a double lever-arm, D, the ends ofwhich are connected by the bifurcated rods d to the under side of the cross-heads I I, as shown in Fig. 3, whereby the crossheads are readily moved backward or forward, as hereinafter mentioned.

On the table A we secure the needlebars G on each side of the mold H, and through which bars the needles a and a pass at every movement of the lever G and the cross-heads I I. The mold H rests on a seat, J ,one end of which is loosely attached to the table, while the op posite end is rendered adjustable by means of the pivoted arm K, which is turned under the seat to adjust the mold to a proper height, so that the ends of the cigars will exactly register with the points of the needles. When swung to one side,the arm drops into the notch k. The cross-heads I I slide on ways within the guide-frame.

The needles a, attached to the cross-head I, are made square in cross-section, so as to hold the cigar after it has been penetrated, and by a positive power turn it for the second pressing. This is one of the essential features of our present invention. These needles a are bent in a crank form, as shown in ourpending application, and their outer ends are passed through the bar L, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

It is evident from this description of the construction of our cigar-bunch turner and perforator that by simply moving the bar L cigars by the action of the square needles a, 5

since if the cigar should stick to a needle a and fail to turn on it, the needle itself will revolve in its sockets and allow the cigar to turn freely in response to the action of the needles a. This is another one of the essential features of our present invention.

The operation of our invention is as follows:

The cigar having been properly placed in the mold, and the mold placed upon the seat J, and properly adjusted in position between the needle-bars, the operator pulls on the lever, which causes the two cross-heads to move toward each other with the needles, which perforate the cigars, the two series of needles entering the opposite ends of the cigars. This being done, the pivoted arm K is moved from contact with the bottom of the mold, and is dropped into the notch 73'. This movement of the adjusting-arm allows the seat J and the bottom of the mold to drop away from the cigars, and the top of the mold having been previously removed the cigars are left suspended on the two series of perforating-needles. Now, if the bar L be moved to the right or left, as the case may be, the needles a will receive a quarter-revolntion, and the cigars, held firmly on the square needles, will receive a corresponding movement. This movement cannot be retarded by the opposite series of I needles a, as they turn freely in their own sockets. The cigars having now been propwe claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The table A, provided with the shaft B, lever C, double lever-arm D, and rods (1, in combination with the mold H, needle-bars a a, and cross-heads I I, carrying two series of needles, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The table A, provided with the shaft B, lever 0, double lever-arm D, and rods (1, in combination with an adjustable mold, needlebars, and two cross-heads carrying two series of perforating-needles, one square and having cranked ends, and the other round, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a cigar-bunch turner and pert'orator, the combination, with a series of horizontallyarranged round needles, of a horizontal series of opposing needles, square in cross-section,

and having cranked rear ends, whereby the latter needles are adapted to be semi-rotated, a mold, suitable reciprocating cross-heads, and mechanism for drawing the needles to and fro, substantially as and for the purpose described.

CHAS. A. BAYLER. BENJ. F. STRICKLER.

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